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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
6
Phyllis Cook of Bowie Route 4 visits Fort Worth August 1 2 to compete in District IV 4 H Dress Revue after winning top county scores. She has six years in 4 H Bowies Community Club multiple awards and district recognitions in leadership electricity and demonstrations.
About 80 4 H youth and 15 adult leaders from Montague County registered July 16 at Meyer Park Bowie for the annual 4 H Camp. Participants enjoyed swimming recreation and sessions on citizenship craft wildlife conservation with junior leaders guiding activities.
James Vanbebber son of Mr and Mrs J C Vanbebber will serve as escort at the District 4-H Dress Revue held at Seminary South in Fort Worth August 1 2. He escorts Miss Phyllis Cook the Montague County Dress Revue contestant. Eighteen 4-H boys in district IV receive this honor. He is a seven year 4-H member of the Lone Star Community 4-H Club and president of the club. He studies at Bowie High School and has demonstrated in dairy cattle swine poultry safety field crops and leadership.
Miss Evelyn Husfield attended the tenth biennial International Convention of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League in Kansas City Missouri on July 17 and 18. Mr and Mrs Hollis Morton hosted visitors over the weekend bringing their son and family Jim Morton and wife Kyle Brent and daughter Mrs Jack Gest with Gregg from Dallas. Bobby Wayne Romine of Burnet's Ranch returned to the ranch after a vacation with his parents and L B Wilhite Sr grandparents of Sunset.
Miss Barbara Koonee bride elect of Buddy Nichols was honored at a luncheon and shower at the home of Mrs. Henry Carroll on Amon Carter Lake July 17. Co-hostesses included Mrs. Don Hecker Mrs. Woodrow Begley and Mrs. Jack Hall of Wichita Falls. Tables featured the bride elect colors with white butterfly mums and iridescent blue grape clusters in milk glass. A chicken salad course was served from a tuffet table centered with a cut glass bowl of melon balls garnished with mint and time slices. About 20 guests attended.
Mrs Lynn Garlington heads to New York to study ballet repertoire and join dance educator meetings with her husband joining on August 1. They plan a tour of New England states before returning. Mrs A M White and son Bill visit Childress this week with plans for the weekend joiner Mrs Stanley Bohene k and her father. Capt and Mrs B V Kelley visited Bowie Friday to Monday to see the Pred Gardners. Capt Kelley an anesthetist at Reese AFB Lubbock, will continue a 21 day leave ending in Old Mexico before returning to duty.
Mrs. E. P. Capers aged 78 died following a heart attack at a Fort Worth hospital on Wednesday July 17. The Bowies former residents and the Capers family were active Methodist Church members. Survivors include husband E. P. Capers of Fort Worth two sons Edward H. Capers and Dr. Thomas Capers both of Texas one daughter Mrs Catherine Rudes of Fort Worth a sister Mrs Jester Huffner of Williams Arizona a brother George Laws who went to California and six grandchildren.
Cub Scouts Den 5 Pack 114 marked a summer work session on the Wednesday of July 17. Hostesses included den mother Mrs. Bob Penn and Mrs. Weldon Byas along with Mrs. Raymond Scohee.
Mr and Mrs Tom F Williams celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their Terral Oklahoma home on Friday July 19 They wed July 20 1913 in Montague County Their guests included A C Roberts H A Richardson C Richardson Bowie D T Richardson Sunset and others A new gold wedding band was presented to the wife by the groom.
Annie Lee Gates 84, longtime Bowie and Montague County resident, died Sunday after about six weeks of illness. Services were held Monday in Bowie at Owens Brumley Funeral Home with burial in Odessa. Born July 10, 1879 in Dadeville Alabama, she was the sister of the late Sam Heard of Bowie and survived by brother A A Heard of Doneyang Texas.
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